Sunday Summary: March 3

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This Quilty Ode was on posted on Facebook by Fons and Porter. It was written by Eileen Fowler, the editor of Quiltmaker and Quick + Easy Quilts.

Monthly Colour Challenge

January’s colour is Red!!! Here is my March block. Visit Jen at Patterns by Jen to get your free pattern for March. It’s free until the end of the month.

I’m using Island Batik fabrics for my blocks. 

And, here’s my January, February and March blocks:

Temptations continue …

Last week, I posted about many temptations that were staring me in the face, making me think about new projects and how I was resisting! See THIS POST for details. Well, one project that I’m actually receiving emails for, but have not started yet is from Canuck Quilter.

I have had a great admiration for Joanne’s quilt designs for quite awhile. Since I usually design most of my own quilts, I often don’t use other quilter’s designs … HOWEVER, she is offering a MYSTERY quilt using 2 colours. If you know me at all, you know that I LOVE mystery quilts !!! As for making it in 2 colours … well, if you know me at all, you know that using just 2 colours is highly unlikely! So, I will probably choose one or 2 colours, along with a background …

That is IF, yup IF, I decide to make it! You’ll notice below that it’s not on my Design Wall list, nor is it on my “To Do” list. That just means that I haven’t made the final decision.

SAHRR Round #6 is released … now ready for finishing

The hosts have shown all of their many rounds, and other’s have joined in on the fun. See This Post for all the details! Here’s my centre block and all the rounds to #5! My blog post HERE has links to all of the participating bloggers. Round #6 is my 2 labels. Letters and Numbers!

The final parade is March 18. This gives participants (and hosts) time to complete their tops and if possible, have them quilted and bound!

SAHRR Participants

Several people have sent me their Round #6 pictures. Since I won’t be posting a SAHRR post tomorrow, I thought I’d enter them in here. I find it fascinating that even with the same prompts, the quilts have come out so different!!

Kathleen, Stella, Jacomina, Robin B., Rosie, Gail H., Judy B.

Stitching Stuff

Kate, from Life in Pieces, is hosting “Stitching Stuff” and the goal is to sew for at least 15 minutes a day. I use Kate’s guideline, but my personal goal is to sew for 30 minutes a day. On those “blah” days, it does motivate me to sit at my machine and 30 minutes often turns into several hours. Thank you Kate for the motivation!

  • Jan – Feb: 1-28: 51 / 60 days
  • Mar 1 – 3: 3 / 3 days
  • Total: 54 / 63 85%

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “What’s on your Design Wall” every week. Sorry, no pictures to share!

Piecing projects:

  • Island Batik April project
  • Fast and More Fun: blog hop project
  • Give it a Whirl: blog hop project

Quilting:

  • 2023 Fall Mystery Quilt. I have the backing now … no excuses!
  • Finish Quilting “Gardenia“
  • IB March project
  • SAHRR 2024

Sunday Stash

Donna at Quilt Paint Create hosts a weekly linky party where you can display your stash numbers. This has really kept my stash from growing (somewhat!) Before I buy anything, I am always mindful of the fact that I need to report it on my blog … That sometimes stops me in my tracks!

Nothing finished. No fabric added. A couple of friends took some of my fabric, I didn’t measure how much, but it was sure nice to see it walk out the door!

  • Fabric Used this week:  0 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2023:     28 yards  from non-IB: 10
  • Fabric Added this week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     8 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              20 yards

To Do

Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.

I have a bit of progress on many things … but nothing completed …

To Do from the last report:

  1. Sandwich, Quilt and Bind “2023 Fall Mystery Quilt” sandwiched, not quilted
  2. Continue to work on SAHRR ’24 in progress. Round #6 completed, needs quilting
  3. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“ not done
  4. Finish IB March project  not done in progress.
  5. Work on Fast and More Fun: blog hop project. in progress
  6. Work on Give it a Whirl: blog hop project. in progress
  7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE
  8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Quilt and Bind “2023 Fall Mystery Quilt”
  2. Continue to work on SAHRR ’24 finish quilting and binding
  3. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“
  4. Finish IB March project 
  5. Finish Fast and More Fun: blog hop project.
  6. Finish Give it a Whirl: blog hop project.
  7. Start IB April project
  8. Think about April Showers: blog hop project
  9. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  10. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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14 thoughts on “Sunday Summary: March 3”

  1. Your three color blocks look so pretty together! Love how you SAHRR turned out, I didn’t manage to make it in the end… maybe next year! Thanks for joining in on Monday this and That and I hope you had a great week! xx

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  3. So fun to see all the SAHRRs. Can’t wait for the parade! I love seeing how everyone interpreted the prompts! Your Color challenge blocks are very pretty. It will be interesting to hear more about your mystery! Thanks for sharing with us on Monday Musings.

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    • Thanks Brenda! The SAHRR has been a LOT of fun with so many variations! And it’s so neat to see people’s creativity at work!
      Thank you for hosting Monday Musings! 🙂

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  7. A good mystery is really hard to resist. I need to catch up on the SAHRR, but it’s been a really fun project to tackle. Even more fun to see how everyone else incorporated the prompts into their quilts. Good luck with your stitching plans for the week. 

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